flic Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hi there, UNRAID noob here testing this great product and wondering why files take about ~10% more space on XFS then on NTFS ? Probably not a big deal if only for a few file, but for my 10TB array, thats ~1TB wasted Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 minute ago, flic said: Hi there, UNRAID noob here testing this great product and wondering why files take about ~10% more space on XFS then on NTFS ? Probably not a big deal if only for a few file, but for my 10TB array, thats ~1TB wasted What evidence do you have that this is happening? It is not something that anyone else has mentioned previously. Quote Link to comment
flic Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 here's screen shots of single file and entire array just finished copying the entire MEDIA FILES to UNRAID: nothing +installed yet looks to me more like a display issue Quote Link to comment
gubbgnutten Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Just Windows displaying TiB while calling it TB... 1 TB = 1 000 000 000 000 bytes 1 TiB = 1 099 511 627 776 bytes Quote Link to comment
flic Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 well, both show TB not TiB... Windows is right in the calculation of what a TB is: divides by 1KB (1024 bytes), 1MB (1048576 bytes), 1GB (1073741824) and 1TB (1099511627776 bytes) UNRAID displays the rounding to 1 decimal of the sum of bytes, which is wrong Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 It is debatable. Disk manufacturers use decimal values of TB when quoting disk sizes. Quote Link to comment
flic Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 only them are using this scheme tho, no one else Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, flic said: Windows is right in the calculation of what a TB is: divides by 1KB (1024 bytes) Windows is actually wrong, but as @itimpi said, it is debateabl, but seeing as how every hard drive manufacturers specify sizes in TB not TiB, that is how OS's should report drive sizes and file sizes which argues for the Windows wrong reporting. Quote Link to comment
flic Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 dunno whos the "i"diot who came out with the "i" in the middle, but thats debatable too...most likely those same drive manufs to avoid law suits... I learn in college that a KB is 1024 bytes and no ones will make me call it a KiB LOL Quote Link to comment
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